Keywords: Roman - Portrait of Julia Domna - Walters 23210.jpg Julia Domna a Syrian was the wife of Emperor Septimius Severus reigned AD 193-211 The smooth uninterrupted expanses of her face the heavily lidded eyes with the pupils created by two overlapping spherical cavities and the detailed incisions of the hair are distinctive of this period ca 200 Severan marble cm 24 5 19 3 17 4 ; mount cm 10 4 17 6 12 6 accession number 23 210 9484 Joseph Brummer Sale New York June 9 1949 no 459 Walters Art Museum 1949 by purchase Museum purchase 1949 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 In Search of Ancient Treasure 40 Years of Collecting The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1978 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Busts of Julia Domna |